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Ottawa's 1994 budget appears to be a "good news story" for Canada's Natives, Indian Affairs' finance director general said.

The main estimates in funding to the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in federal Finance Minister Paul Martin's Feb. 22 budget were slightly more than $5 billion, a net increase of almost $400 million, said Bill Austin.

The First Nations will also see an increase of about $256 million to support Indian, Inuit and Innu funding for essential services.

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Ottawa's 1994 budget appears to be a "good news story" for Canada's Natives, Indian Affairs' finance director general said.

The main estimates in funding to the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in federal Finance Minister Paul Martin's Feb. 22 budget were slightly more than $5 billion, a net increase of almost $400 million, said Bill Austin.

The First Nations will also see an increase of about $256 million to support Indian, Inuit and Innu funding for essential services.

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Ottawa's 1994 budget appears to be a "good news story" for Canada's Natives, Indian Affairs' finance director general said.

The main estimates in funding to the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in federal Finance Minister Paul Martin's Feb. 22 budget were slightly more than $5 billion, a net increase of almost $400 million, said Bill Austin.

The First Nations will also see an increase of about $256 million to support Indian, Inuit and Innu funding for essential services.

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Crees from Northern Quebec say they've won a major court battle against the development of future hydroelectric projects in the James Bay region.

In a unanimous decision Feb. 24, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned a Federal Court of Appeals' decision allowing Hydro Quebec to export power to markets in the United States without conducting an environmental assessment to National Energy Board specifications.

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Crees from Northern Quebec say they've won a major court battle against the development of future hydroelectric projects in the James Bay region.

In a unanimous decision Feb. 24, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned a Federal Court of Appeals' decision allowing Hydro Quebec to export power to markets in the United States without conducting an environmental assessment to National Energy Board specifications.

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Crees from Northern Quebec say they've won a major court battle against the development of future hydroelectric projects in the James Bay region.

In a unanimous decision Feb. 24, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned a Federal Court of Appeals' decision allowing Hydro Quebec to export power to markets in the United States without conducting an environmental assessment to National Energy Board specifications.

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Crees from Northern Quebec say they've won a major court battle against the development of future hydroelectric projects in the James Bay region.

In a unanimous decision Feb. 24, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned a Federal Court of Appeals' decision allowing Hydro Quebec to export power to markets in the United States without conducting an environmental assessment to National Energy Board specifications.

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AIDS experts from across the country attended the Second National Workshop on HIV, Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Edmonton recently, but it was the people who work directly with HIV and AIDS victims who had the most information to share.

Bonnie Boyd of the Yukon AIDS Alliance is concerned about the future of Aboriginal children. The Northwest Territories has the highest rate of sexually transmitted diseases among young people in all of Canada. And, in spite of all the talk about HIV and AIDS, young people across the country are having unprotected sex.

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AIDS experts from across the country attended the Second National Workshop on HIV, Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Edmonton recently, but it was the people who work directly with HIV and AIDS victims who had the most information to share.

Bonnie Boyd of the Yukon AIDS Alliance is concerned about the future of Aboriginal children. The Northwest Territories has the highest rate of sexually transmitted diseases among young people in all of Canada. And, in spite of all the talk about HIV and AIDS, young people across the country are having unprotected sex.

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AIDS experts from across the country attended the Second National Workshop on HIV, Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Edmonton recently, but it was the people who work directly with HIV and AIDS victims who had the most information to share.

Bonnie Boyd of the Yukon AIDS Alliance is concerned about the future of Aboriginal children. The Northwest Territories has the highest rate of sexually transmitted diseases among young people in all of Canada. And, in spite of all the talk about HIV and AIDS, young people across the country are having unprotected sex.